The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India; Being Descriptions of All the Species of Game Birds, Snipe, and Duck Found in India, with an Account of Their Habits and Geographical Distribution (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... Gen. Ortygouni3, Reichenbach. Syn. Plectroperdix, Blyth. Char.--Bill lengthened, tip well turned over; legs red, with one strong and sharp spur, occasionally two; tail rather short, of twelve feathers, wings moderate. This form, as far as we know at present, is peculiar to the Indian continent, but some of the African Partridges appear nearly allied to it. Only two species are known, very similarly coloured above, but differing greatly in size and haunts. They are bold birds, of truly perdicine habits, having a great tendency to form coveys; but they run much and very rapidly, and frequently perch, as well on bushes and low trees, as on high reeds. 24. Ortygornis Ponticeriana, Gmelin, Tetrao apud Gmelin--Sykes, Cat. 159--Jerdon, Cat. 273--Blyth, Cat. 1506--Perdix orientalis, Gray--Hardwicke, III. Ind. Zool. 1. pl. 56, f. 2--Titar, H.--Gora jUtar of some--Kawunzu, Tel.--Koudari, Tam. The Grey Partridge. Descr.--Head above olive brown, rufous on the forehead, over the eyes, and on the nape; lores and face also rufous, with black specks; ear-coverts silky hair-brown; upper plumage, including the wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts and central tail-feathers, speckled brown, each feather being rich red brown with three bars of creamy yellow, and paler and somewhat olive brown at the tip; primaries pale brown; outer tail-feathers rich chesnut brown, with a dusky brown terminal band, pale tipped; beneath the chin and throat are whitish with small dark brown spots, forming a triangular mark; the rest of the lower plumage ochreous white or creamy, most pronounced on the breast, and with numerous minute cross-bars of brown, somewhat broader on the breast and sides of the neck, where it mingles with the upper plumage; lower tail-coverts ferruginous. Bill dusky plumbeous...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... Gen. Ortygouni3, Reichenbach. Syn. Plectroperdix, Blyth. Char.--Bill lengthened, tip well turned over; legs red, with one strong and sharp spur, occasionally two; tail rather short, of twelve feathers, wings moderate. This form, as far as we know at present, is peculiar to the Indian continent, but some of the African Partridges appear nearly allied to it. Only two species are known, very similarly coloured above, but differing greatly in size and haunts. They are bold birds, of truly perdicine habits, having a great tendency to form coveys; but they run much and very rapidly, and frequently perch, as well on bushes and low trees, as on high reeds. 24. Ortygornis Ponticeriana, Gmelin, Tetrao apud Gmelin--Sykes, Cat. 159--Jerdon, Cat. 273--Blyth, Cat. 1506--Perdix orientalis, Gray--Hardwicke, III. Ind. Zool. 1. pl. 56, f. 2--Titar, H.--Gora jUtar of some--Kawunzu, Tel.--Koudari, Tam. The Grey Partridge. Descr.--Head above olive brown, rufous on the forehead, over the eyes, and on the nape; lores and face also rufous, with black specks; ear-coverts silky hair-brown; upper plumage, including the wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts and central tail-feathers, speckled brown, each feather being rich red brown with three bars of creamy yellow, and paler and somewhat olive brown at the tip; primaries pale brown; outer tail-feathers rich chesnut brown, with a dusky brown terminal band, pale tipped; beneath the chin and throat are whitish with small dark brown spots, forming a triangular mark; the rest of the lower plumage ochreous white or creamy, most pronounced on the breast, and with numerous minute cross-bars of brown, somewhat broader on the breast and sides of the neck, where it mingles with the upper plumage; lower tail-coverts ferruginous. Bill dusky plumbeous...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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68

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978-1-150-21782-1

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9781150217821

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1-150-21782-0



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